The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems Author Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) h _ segniagbeto @ yahoo. fr Author Trape, Jean François Laboratoire de Paludologie et Zoologie médicale, UR 77, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre de Dakar, BP 1386, Dakar (Senegal) jean-françois. trape @ ird. fr trape@ird.fr Author David, Patrick Author Ohler, Annemarie Author Dubois, Alain UMR 7205 OSEB, Reptiles et Amphibiens, Département de Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CP 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) pdavid @ mnhn. fr ohler @ mnhn. fr adubois @ mnhn. fr pdavid@mnhn.fr Author Glitho, Isabelle Adolé Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) iglitho @ yahoo. fr iglitho@yahoo.fr text Zoosystema 2011 2011-09-30 33 3 325 360 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a4 journal article 10.5252/z2011n3a4 1638-9387 4547017 Naja katiensis Angel, 1922 MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 2 specimens ( MRAC 29467 , Nanergou ; ZMB 22024, Togo , no precise locality) . MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 256 to 780 mm ; 24-25 MSR, smooth and oblique; 169-172 Ven, smooth; 57-58 Sc, paired; anal single; 6-7 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 2 preoculars; 2-3 postoculars; temporal scale formula 2 + 3 + 5. DISTRIBUTION. — Naja katiensis inhabits mostly Sudan savannahs in ER I of the country. Previously, it had been mentioned from Togo by Hulselmans et al. (1970), Roman (1984) , Spawls & Branch (1995) , Rasmussen (1995b) and David & Ineich (1999) .